Speed climbing made its Olympic debut this week. Almost every race went down in under 10 seconds.
TOKYO—If you have a micro-attention span, speed climbing will fit your viewing needs. Even the 100-meter sprint might seem glacial by comparison.
The race offers acrobatics—jumping, swinging, pulling and sometimes falling—all well under the time-limit of an Instagram story. The world record for speed climbing currently belongs to Iuliia Kaplina on the women’s side. She scurried up a 15-meter wall in 6.96 seconds in November. On the men’s side, the record belongs to Indonesian climber Veddriq Leonardo: 5.208 seconds, set in May.
Speed climbing, along with lead and bouldering, made its Olympic debut Tuesday afternoon, with the men’s qualification round taking off at Aomi Urban Sports Park here. The competition was part sporting event, part fast-paced outdoors music festival. The sport itself pits two athletes against each other on a 15-meter, or roughly 50-foot climbing wall outfitted with holds. Lead climbing involves spidering up a similarly tall wall while tethered to a safety rope. Bouldering involves a shorter 4.5-meter vertical course and lacks a top rope. Bouldering and lead climbing are timed in minutes. Each athlete races against the clock to complete the climb in the allotted time.
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